Bring Me the Horizon’s Oli Sykes on Depression and Inspiration from Louis C.K. [x]

For the full story, pick up the October/November issue of Revolver. It hits newsstands September 15.

Oli Sykes has grappled with more than a few obstacles in his life, including school bullies, loneliness, depression, and drug addiction. But for a few months in 2014, a bad case of writer’s block seemed like his most daunting foe yet.

It was back in 2012 that the heavily-tattooed frontman of Bring Me the Horizon had successfully completed rehab for his addiction to the drug Ketamine. The experience was an arduous one, but it had ultimately helped to fuel his cathartic songwriting for 2013’s ‘Sempiternal,’ an album that became a breakthrough commercial hit on both sides of the Atlantic for the British metalcore band. But as the time to make the follow-up to ‘Sempitenal’ approached, Sykes grew increasingly concerned that he might not have anything left in the tank. “I’ll be honest,” Sykes tells Revolver, “I was like, ‘What the fuck do I sing about now?’”

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